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Dept. of Public Utilities Quarterly Report - Fiscal Year 2024/Quarter 4
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The Board requested that the quarterly report be presented each quarter that shows the status of the utility and provides project updates. Compiled by Public Relations Manager Cathy D'Anna, this report is for the fourth quarter of FY2024, covering the months of April, May and June. The report can be found online at ladpu.com/FY24Q4.
Highlights from the report
Page 3 - Utilities Manager's Report: Recap of the change to Rule E-5--"Interconnection - Connection with Cogeneration and Small Power Producers." The credits for rooftop solar owners for the first three months since the rule change are included.
Page 12 - Safety Employee of the Quarter: DPU recognized GWS Apprentice 2 Ricardo Lambert with this honor.
Page 15 - Electric Reliability: DPU's SAIDI was down to 15 minutes as of June 30. The comparable data for the state and country will be updated from December 2022 to December 2023 in October.
Page 20 - Total Carbon vs. Non-Carbon Energy Resources by MWH: This was the first quarterly report featuring Mercuria rather than Uniper in this chart. The numbers for Mercuria represent wind power purchases.
Page 23 - Electric Production: The new level 3 EV chargers were installed just before the end of FY2023, with a ribbon cutting in early July. (Look for more photos from the event in the next quarterly report!)
Page 25 - Gas, Water, Sewer: Water breaks were a hot topic for a few months and this section gives a short overview.
Page 30 - Reclaimed Water: This page was previously called "Reclaimed Wastewater." Stormwater began to play a large enough role in irrigation that we decided to include it in this section, hence the name change. While treated effluent still accounts for the vast majority of this blended resource, more than 12 million gallons of stormwater from the reservoirs in Los Alamos Canyon and on the Pajarito Mountain were used for irrigation or held for fir...
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